At 6:45 a.m., Alan Smolinisky pads out to his driveway in a hillside cul-de-sac just west of the Getty Villa.

He wears black-and-white-checked flannel pajama bottoms and a
pristinely white T-shirt that glows like a beacon in the muted light. In
one arm, he carries 15-month-old Charlie, named for billionaire
investor Charles Munger.